Picks and Pans Review: The Great Texas Mosquito Festival

UPDATED 06/01/1992 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 06/01/1992 at 01:00 AM EDT

July 23-25, Clute, Tex.

Repellent to most folks, mosquitoes are celebrated in Clute (55 miles southeast of Houston), which claims the ubiquitous blighter as its only natural resource. Frolics include a Mr. and Mrs. Mosquito Legs contest (skinniest wins), a Ms. Quito pageant and a songwriting competition.